MEDELLIN, Colombia, April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A delegation from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is on hand in Medellin for UN-HABITAT's World Urban Forum 7 through April 11, engaged in a wide range of topics from resilience to value capture.

Some 25,000 registered participants are expected in this city, which has gone from crime capital to one of the most innovative municipalities in all of Latin America, with innovations in parks, public space and transportation infrastructure, including the successful Metrocable aerial tram system.

The World Urban Forum is a non-legislative technical forum convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), held in a different city every two years, to examine the most pressing issues facing the world today in the area of human settlement, including rapid urbanization and its impact on cities, communities, economies, climate change and policies.

Lincoln Institute-related events begin Saturday, April 5 at the Plaza Mayor convention center with screenings in the Cinema Room of the short video from the Inkling enhanced ebook version of Made for Walking and the documentary film Making Sense of Place – Phoenix: The Urban Desert. The Lincoln Institute will have a booth at Stand No. 39 in the exhibit hall.

In addition, at Booth 39 in the exhibition area, the Lincoln Institute will be presenting a series of short videos selected from the Latin American Forum on Noteworthy Instruments for Urban Intervention, held in Quito, Ecuador in May of last year. The videos, on such topics as betterment levies and land readjustment, will be followed by a discussion with experts who will be on hand, on the case studies and policy tools presented in each session. These presentations will be in Spanish, and more details are available here.

The Next City has posted a history of the World Urban Forum, as well as an article by Greg Scruggs on the story of the Medellin's remarkable transformation. Carolina Barco, former Colombian ambassador to the U.S., and member of the board of the Lincoln Institute, is quoted in the article.

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a leading resource for key issues concerning the use, regulation, and taxation of land. Providing high-quality education and research, the Institute strives to improve public dialogue and decisions about land policy.